1292. Sent with a Rose to a Young Lady by Margaret Deland. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1292. Sent with a Rose to a Young Lady

By Margaret Deland


DEEP in a Rose’s glowing heart
I dropped a single kiss,
And then I bade it quick depart,
And tell my Lady this:
“The love thy Lover tried to send	5
O’erflows my fragrant bowl,
But my soft leaves would break and bend,
Should he send half the whole!”